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Inner-city schools aren't underfunded any more
Abbott Elementary, a popular ABC sitcom about teachers at an inner-city Philadelphia school, is "entertaining but not elucidating" about...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20232 min read
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Teachers are thriving in charter, private schools
Teachers, Facing Increasing Levels of Stress, Are Burned Out, according to a March story in the New York Times. That seems to be true for...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20231 min read
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Out-of-control students, overwhelmed teachers
Student misbehavior is driving teachers crazy -- and out of teaching write Leslie Bienen, a health policy consultant, and Christina...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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Finland's secret: Teachers teach
Finland has become a mecca for miracle-seeking educators, writes Sam Chaltain on Letters from the Future (of Learning). Teaching is an...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 1, 20231 min read
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Chicago invests in small-group tutors, while LA shifts to classroom teachers
Chicago Public Schools are relying on "academic interventionists" to help students catch up in reading and math, reports Mila Koumpilova...

Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20232 min read
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Students don't learn more from a same-race teacher
Elementary students don't learn more from a teacher who matches them in race or ethnicity, concludes a new study. There is little...

Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20232 min read
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It's easier to become a teacher, but ...
States are dropping licensing tests to qualify more teachers, write Hannah Putnam and Heather Peske of the National Council on Teacher...

Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20232 min read
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Teachers who don't want to quit
Teachers at turn down higher-paying jobs to work at a Texas school that "supports professional growth, values staff input and celebrates...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 24, 20232 min read
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When fourth graders can't read
Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade teachers have many more students who read poorly because they missed out on decoding instruction when...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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Students learn more from tough graders
Students learn more when their teachers have high expectations, concludes a study in North Carolina, reports Kevin Mahnken. Algebra...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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'Restorative' backlash: Legislators propose tougher school discipline
Legislators are "moving to make it easier to kick disruptive students out of school" in response to "a pandemic-era surge in school gun...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 2, 20232 min read
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Conservatives shouldn't give up on public education
Public education is progressive in its goals, yet schools are conservative institutions, writes Robert Pondiscio in National Affairs....

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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Conservative teachers are quiet
Teachers who are on the political right "speak in whispers behind closed doors," says Daniel Buck in an interview with Rick Hess....

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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Ukrainian refugee girl flees unsafe San Francisco school
Yana and her mother fled Ukraine and found a new home with an aunt in San Francisco -- until the 13-year-old girl started Marina Middle...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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Unvaccinated NYC teachers reported to FBI: Is this true?
New York City teachers were reported to the FBI for refusing to be vaccinated, charges a lawyer for teachers who were fired due to the...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Teachers are quitting because of classroom chaos
Soft discipline policies make teachers' jobs much harder, writes Daniel Buck, who's taught in a variety of schools. A friend quit after...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20231 min read
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Do parents know best? ESAs go for robots, rabbits, roping lessons
If a homeschooled child learns to code a toy robot, care for a pet rabbit or take cowboy roping lessons, is that an educational expense?...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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Classroom libraries aren't a crime in Florida
The "great Florida classroom library freak-out of 2023" is based on faulty reporting, confusing directives from local school officials...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 2, 20231 min read
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Unsafe at school
Angry teachers in Newport News, Virginia blame lax discipline for a 6-year-old shooting his first-grade teacher, write Ben Finley and...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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Scientists, engineers, chefs, gardeners become freelance teachers
An ecosystem of innovative schools and teaching specialists is growing in South Florida's Broward County, writes Ron Matus on ReimaginED....

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 12, 20232 min read
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